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A running back who almost breaks the single-game record for total yards from scrimmage, but is still visibly sick because we lost?  Yeah CJ just became one of my favorite football players EVAH on Sunday.

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A running back who almost breaks the single-game record for total yards from scrimmage, but is still visibly sick because we lost? Yeah CJ just became one of my favorite football players EVAH on Sunday.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Jason Jones says he didn't even throw a punch on the Texans sidelines, despite being the only player ejected in the 30-man fracas on the Texans' bench.  Jones earned a lot of props from the grateful fans and players for coming to the defense of Cortland Finnegan after they surrounded him.  The league is going to review the tape, and after that we should expect fines and suspensions for Mario Williams and Jacoby Jones at the least.  There's even a certain someone who was right there and saw a Texans coach throwing punches...

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Even in the aftermath of what happened, respect must be paid to how sick of a performance Chris Johnson put on Sunday.  So where did all that chatter about not focusing on football and poor work ethic go?  As for being selfish, his only Tweet after the game was all about the team not panicking and keeping their heads up.  No hot dogging, no bragging and no selfishness.  CJ knows how to have fun when things are going well, and how to hunker down and push through it when times are tough... just like a champion.  Put it this way: just how good was Johnson's day?  He was 53 yards away from breaking the single-game record for totals yards from scrimmage!

Tennessee_titans_30x21 So even if this fair catch call was correct by an unwritten interpretation of the rules, it's a crap reasoning in my book.  Tons of good notes here beyond that, including: Hentrich is hurt but no one is saying how bad it is (expect Trapasso to be in camp this week either way), why Nate Washington threw up four times Sunday and Ringer explains his dropped kickoff reception. Best of all though, Bob McNair had a pretty hilarious comment, even if the comedy was unintentional:

Texans owner Bob McNair called his team’s victory against the Titans the biggest win in franchise history. None of the Texans players disagreed.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Every player in our secondary not named Cortland Finnegan should be physically ill with how poorly they've played over the first two games.  I'm giving Finny a pass because at least he's staying with his assignments and making life hell for them.  You can't say the same for Griffin and Harper in particular.

Follow us through the jump to see which Titans vet is still in talks for an extension...

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Tennessee_titans_30x21 The Titans and Boom King are still holding talks regarding a new deal and the communication has been good.  I'll have to admit I've been a little disappointed with KVB's play over the first two games (he's been knocked to the ground more than I've ever seen before from him), but he's a lynch-pin of our defense, sets the tone in practice with his bulldog mentality and would really be a big loss if he walks.  Bulluck is still more important in my book.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 Paul Kuharsky has the best breakdown of Sunday's game.

Tennessee_titans_30x21 One thing I will give Nick Harper credit for is that he's not running from the responsibility he has for our terrible secondary play, and sounds committed to getting this unit back to the top of the league:

"All of it is fixable. They didn’t hurt us, we hurt ourselves,’’ Harper said. "We were not where we were supposed to be all day on the field. I don’t know why, but we didn’t show up today. We know we should have beaten that team and it shouldn’t have even been close. Not only was it close, but they beat us.’’

Tennessee_titans_30x21 What kind of jackass says "everything's going wrong" with our team right after our running back gets 290 yards and we take the champs to overtime in their house?  I know things look grim, but lets not act like we're Jacksonville bad or anything.

 

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great game.

and in the interests of karma, that’s all i’m saying. if you wanna know my thoughts, check my fan post. that is all.

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 9:14 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wellll...........

not entirely.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! takes breath ROTFLMFAO!!!!!! AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA! okay.. that’s all i got. later TITS! see ya on monday night!

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

see?

there we go with the personal stuff. so i guess because i laugh… im a meth addict according to you?

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's a joke, haus

not a clinical diagnosis.

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by August West on Sep 21, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol...

he makes meth jokes… and his name is dentureboy. good call guy!

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey Jimmy

can we block these folks with the absolutely disgusting signature quotes. this goes beyond football and being a passionate fan IMO

"hey, quit reading these ridiculous words of wisdom and get back to work!"

by stetix01 on Sep 21, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks august!

"hey, quit reading these ridiculous words of wisdom and get back to work!"

by stetix01 on Sep 21, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The worst part of the fight

were the Texans slamming Cortland Finnegan’s head into the bench. It was disgusting to watch.

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by smashville on Sep 21, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

I expect that upon review....

….the league will likely be handing out fines and possibly suspensions. I can see the Texans losing so starters based on that replay if the league decides suspensions are in order.

Either way, that was one crazy game…..still trying to get my head around it.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I doubt it.

They won’t want to admit fault.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Sep 21, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If anyone deserved it.

It is Finnegan

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

by CFHTim on Sep 21, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

The Titans need to change the Defensive Scheme ASAP.

They just do not have the horses to run that old J. Schwartz Defense. They may be able to stop the run, but they’re making every QB they see look like the second coming of Joe Namath.

Meanwhile, the Offense has been HORRID in the second half for two weeks in a row. Where’s Norm Chow when you need him? These guys are like the gang that can’t shoot straight when the game is actually on the line.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Sep 21, 2009 9:38 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

I have to aggree

Seeing the way our defense played made me throw up in my mouth a little. Our front four has done a good job the past two weeks when it comes to stopping the run, but our pass rush is no where to be found.

Though Harper is saying the right things and it was not just him that completly sucked this weekend, I was getting sick seeing him get picked on all day and not pulling his head out of his ass to make any adjustments. I would rather put up with a rookie like Mouton making those mistakes. At least then I could tell myself that him learning the hard way would make our secondary better in the future.

by bullrider73 on Sep 21, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

so wait...

the offense is horrid..?
i mean was our offense good..or houston’s defense that bad?

meanwhile when it comes to our defense i have every confidence we’ll step up every week from now on, as good as any defense is every once in awhile they have a bad game..that’s all this was in my opinion. A single bad game, we win in new york next week.

You're not wrong walter, you're just an asshole.

by collinzoober5 on Sep 21, 2009 9:55 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How many first downs did they get in the Second Half?

And keep in mind, this is the Texans defense, not some powerhouse club.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Sep 21, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow....

like rodney dangerfield…. we getz NO respect!

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So I guess this was directed at me:

“So where did all that chatter about not focusing on football and poor work ethic go?”

I retract everything I said about him being to worried about his grill and playing the bongos. Lemme be clear: I know/knew the guy is amazing, but I thought he was losing some focus after having such a good rookie season. But for CJ to run THAT WELL against a defensive line that is THAT GOOD is beyond amazing. There are no words, other than OH SO HOMELESS.

As for everything else, what strikes me about the Titans this year is that they are seemingly everything that we weren’t last year. What I mean is that last year we dominated takeaways to giveaways, our special teams was good if not excellent, penalties didn’t seem to creep into games very much, and our defense was a bona fide MONSTER.

This year, we give away the ball twice in a game, are penalized for what seemed like 4 miles (which also made the game drag on for what seemed like the entire afternoon), make mistake after mistake after mistake on special teams, and our defense lets the texans- THE TEXANS!!!- hang 34 points on us!

Yes our offense seems to be MILES AND MILES ahead of what we were last year, but I’d take game management and punishing defense over Cardinals-style offensive explosions and defensive ineptitude any day.

I wasn’t ready to worry last week because of a close loss in overtime to the reigning Super Bowl Champs. This week, a home loss to a division rival that we historically DOMINATE has me a little concerned.

by TNTitans on Sep 21, 2009 9:56 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah, im with you on that.

that was the craziest game i’ve seen in a while. and the JJ fumble was NOT dyn o mite…. that could have been a back breaker. throw in SS’s 2 fumbles that could’ve been recovered by you guys… totally different game. BUT… take away CJ’s freebie tug, and our defense did as well as can be expected. hey… you guys want Dunta? we will trade you…

"If you're an asshole, you're gonna come back as a cockroach or a worm or a fuckin' anal bead, okay? If you're a man and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle. You'll come back as a dragon."

by chrisd21 on Sep 21, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

why....

would you want to give up your best CB?? your taking this win a little TOO well and becoming delusional.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"

"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"

by kg_2005 on Sep 21, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and trust me chris

this man knows delusional

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HIYOOOOO!!!!

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Retire #9!

by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

coming from....

a couple of brown nosers, ill take that as a compliment.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"

"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"

by kg_2005 on Sep 21, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

see

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

delusional

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks...

keep em coming.

"Waiting for the return of the Mac"

"Let VY loose, give him the chance to play his heart out. for himself, for the titans...and for mcnair"

by kg_2005 on Sep 21, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dunta has become a liability for the team...

…He is over rated and begun to act like tO in the media. Ok maybe not quite TO, but he is heading that way.

He is the best CB in a BAD secondary, so he shines. I really believe he would not start on the top 12 teams in the league, yet he thinks he is worth top 5 money.

Watch the game again. Count how many times you see Dunta leave his feet to fly at the runner in an effort to “Superman” tackle him….and completely miss.

I would take the Titans secondary over ours anyday.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

CJ better wear ankle braces this week

Cause Rex Ryan WILL STOP YOUR RUN.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 10:02 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

our d-line was pathetic yesterday.

meanwhile Antwan Odom reaped havoc in GB…. he has FIVE sacks!! to go along with his 2 from week one giving him 7 which is probably more than any titan will have this season.

maybe we should have kept that guy.

oh, and we need albert back. with albert they D was able to stop the run with the 4 men on the line now we are trying to overcompensate to help out in the run game and are just getting burned in the passing game.

by ryansax on Sep 21, 2009 10:26 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

So much for the jawing...

What about the call on the muffed punt? That was the game changer there and they blew the call. I don’t care what Fisher says that was not the correct interpretation of the call. "a player that gives a signal for a fair catch has the unhindered opportunity to catch the ball as long as it’s in the air, within reason." He had that opportunity and it deflected off his body into McCourty’s hands. It should have been our ball on the 7 yard line and we’d have scored and the game would have been over.

by Titanfan on Sep 21, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

There is blame for the officials

They were making ticky tac calls on us and letting them push our receivers all over the place. Harper may have been out of position at times but that interference call was a cheap call. They were doing worse to Gage.

by Titanfan on Sep 21, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just want consistancy and fair calling

I mean how is Jones the only player ejected from the fight? waaa waaaa (effort at crying like a colts fan)

by Titanfan on Sep 21, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want consistency too, but that is not the reason we lost the game.

I agree about JJ, and there will be other ramifications from the brawl that the entire Texan team was involved in but none of them did anything wrong.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that thing they called a td

when he clearly never caught the ball was inexcusable, absolutely awful. to miss it on review is even worse. a complete contradiction of what was called last week in the oakland game. if anyone wants to point out the “football move” he made with possession of the ball i’d love to see it. not gonna play “what if” but that was really really bad and really really costly.

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think they worked a perfect game.

They never do….we only seem to care about it when we lose.

We just don’t need to act like a bunch of toothless rednecks (like the crowd) screaming “Ref you suck” when we have no idea what we are talking about.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

that was shades of jabar gaffney though

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for that hal

You made me throw up in my mouth a little

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm happy to spread that around

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by hal41605 on Sep 21, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

I understand judgement stuff is going to be inconsistent, but I’d love to see the league explain why that catch in our game was a TD but the one in the Oakland game the first week wasn’t.

by numbertenox on Sep 21, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fair Catch Rule

While the officials appear to have made the correct call, there is a serious flaw with the rule.

What is to keep a returner from signalling for a fair catch and then intentionally muffing the punt a few times to either gain a few yards or to be interfered by the opposing team? While this is highly unlikely to happen, theoretically it is possible. In baseball, a runner on base is allowed to tag up once the fielder touches the ball, not possess the ball. I recall that the rule did not always read that way, but was changed after an outfielder juggled the ball all the way to the infield.

IMO, the rule should be altered to say that the returner has the first opportunity to touch the ball. Once that happens, if the ball comes free, all is fair.

by T Coleman on Sep 21, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You don't understand how a fair catch works.

Here is the principle.

Fair Catch means you can do NOTHING to prevent the receiver from catching the ball. So even if it bounces into the air, it is still his ball because it can stil be caught.

The receiver can bobble the ball. In fact he can stand there for five minutes juggling it if he wants to. The ball is still his until it touches the ground.

Does the rule suck? Maybe, but thats not the reason the Titan’s lost. That play, off all plays, was one where the refs got it RIGHT.

And there were PLENTY of bad calls for the Texans. Especially the AJ First down where he was called out of bounds but the replay showed he was in. That play was huge because it killed a drive.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we got it covered.

Thanks.

Now go home.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No thanks..

…I kind of like it around here.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"even if it bounces into the air, it is still his ball because it can stil be caught."

That’s where the call falls apart. The ball bounced away from him and there was no way possible that he could have recovered it. It doesn’t say in the rules that the ball has to hit the ground. Just that he has to have an unhindered opportunity to catch the ball. The ball had deflected away from him and it was impossible to think that he could have still had a chance at completing that catch.

by Titanfan on Sep 21, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But the rule takes away the "think"

If the ball is still in the air, you have to let him try. That is the point of the fair catch signal. If he doesn’t give that signal, it’s a different story.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think there is an issue if you take out the "think"

Could the returner not “bobble” the ball into a person from the kicking team everytime…you could get a 15 yard return on every fair catch.

by DonFrancisco on Sep 21, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You are exactly right

They could, if they give a fair catch signal. If they want to try it!

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by gramsey712 on Sep 21, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think, but I'm not 100% sure....

…that they are supposed to give them a certain amount of space. I want to say you have to stay 3 feet away or something like that. Maybe someone knows for certain and can confirm.

Ya, ya I know….go home.

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by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You don't have to go home for that

I was just getting tired of the “BEWAREEE OFFFF THEEEE JETTTTSSSS” that it seemed you were commenting on every post.

They did remove the halo rule a few years ago in NCAA and NFL. There is no certain distance that you have to give a returner.

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by gramsey712 on Sep 22, 2009 7:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let it go

We didn’t lose the game because of a miffed call on a fair catch.

by TNTitans on Sep 21, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

We lost because we gave up 34 points.

To the Texans.

by Rustmeister on Sep 21, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you.

DannoE

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by DannoE on Sep 21, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what would've gone a MUUUUCH longer way?

The Titans not giving up 34 points.

Allow me to reiterate: we didn’t lose the game because of a miffed call on a fair catch.

by TNTitans on Sep 21, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it IS a stupid rule.

i can imagine a player standing there with his hands on his hips letting the ball hit him in the chest then hit the ground before he can make a move for the ball. and in the mean time just let the clutz that bobbled it have another chance to grab it. the reason 69000 people boo’d because it goes against common sense. it may be the rule but its just plain dumb.

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by stetix01 on Sep 21, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well this one's in the books and you all have a Monday Night Stage...

…in which to redeem this game.

The Titans need to start focusing on the Jets in a major way.

I REALLY want you guys to beat them, because noone else in our division will. I hope Fisher and Company are taking a good look at what the Jets D did against Houston and the Pats.

I have not seen a D play as aggressively as that since the Oilers days under Buddy Ryan.

Alot of people chalk the Texans loss to the jets up to the Texans sucking. And they didn’t play a great game. But the Jets D was scary good.

If you have the chance, watch the game. The Jets D basically setup camp in our backfield and we had nowhere to go. Schaub was under constant harrrassment.

Anyway, I hope you guys can beat them, because the Jags and Colts have no chance to.

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2009 12:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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